Constantinos Marcou

Biography

Constantinos Marcou (London, 1988) is a British Cypriot writer, architect and urban designer based in
Larnaca, Cyprus. He studied Architecture at the University of Cyprus where he graduated with
excellence, continuing his studies at UCL where he received his Masters Degree in Urban Design under
the mentorship of Luca Galofaro and Davide Sacconi. Following his studies, he became an editor for a
local architectural magazine, investigating the syntactic and literary aspect of architecture where he
wrote his column titled: Chorographies, a series of fictional stories dedicated to unfold the complexity
of the human condition, where tensions, contradictions and intimate social relations between individuals
formed a framing device for the ethos of imaginary cities. In 2014, he founded the Atelier for
Architecture Research, a platform through which he developed a critical form of practice where
research and design coexist, free from the constraints of the rising contemporary compulsion, while
continue exploring spatial politics and urban conflicts, the complex relationship between architecture
and socio-political reform in the context of emancipatory struggles, the politics of representation and
the productive use of different means of communication as instruments for problematization,
questioning the category of the urban. Since then, he has been engaged with several projects, for which
he received international awards and recognition by prestigious institutions and organizations such as
Unesco and the UIA (International Union of Architects). Marcou participated in various publications
and presented his work at conferences and at universities both nationally and internationally. Recently,
he was selected as one the twenty-five fellows for the Future Architecture Platform.